Can animals talk to us? Ben Ward examines attempts to teach language to non-human primates.
The May/June 1999 issue of ALR offers you:

Rachel Tschida examines the work of the U.S. Institute for Peace, Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch talks about the need for international exchange, and Amy Short discusses the role of International Teaching Assistants in America's universities..

Monica Mingucci takes a look at English language programs in two-year institutions.

The third and final installment of Xiaotian Guo's analysis of non-verbal communication.

A new look for the Spanish language GED. Gordon Rich reports.

A New Mexico group is trying to help differently challenged learners with a computer donation program.

Doug Lasken takes on an ESL class determined to make his day.

Foreign Languages:
A Bilingual Dilemma. James Beetham examines the latest Eurobarometer.

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